The Management of Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary has been taking a number of conservation initiatives for achieving the overall vision of conserving bio diversity for people for today and tomorrow. Some of the important conservation initiatives include:

1. Habitat Management
2. Population Management
3. Local Dependent Community Management
4. Tourism Management
5. Awareness & Education
6. Research & Training
7. Monitoring & Evaluation

Habitat Management includes

• Food Management
• Water Management
• Shelter Management
• Population Management.

Tools for Population Management

Census are conducted periodically from time to time for quantifying and enumeration of bio diversity of the Sanctuary. It is an important tool for formulating the necessary management strategies for the conservation of Wildlife. Census can be conducted by any of the following methods or the combination of all.

1. Direct Method
2. Indirect Method
3. Ratio Method

Direct method includes drive count, block count, transect count, aerial count, waterhole count, etc.

Indirect method includes Pugmark censes, sign count, scat analysis, claw marks, dung count, pellet group count etc.

Ratio method includes mark recapture method, camera trap (using the mark recapture formula), kill evidence method, etc